Dead men don't tell tales - or do they? Are there forensic clues left in the sands of time? Are there traces of archive film which even today are waiting to unveil their grisly secret? Not all the captivating and fascinating stories of military escapades in the 20th Century have been fully examined and many fascinating insights are still to be revealed and told. These have been known until now as DEADMEN'S SECRETS. What was the true story behind the tragic death of John F Kennedy's older and better looking brother? Was this the man who Joe Kennedy Sr. was really grooming for President? Could his death have been avoided? How was it possible for an American President to order the death in mid-air of the man who executed the raid on Pearl Harbor? Who tampered with the flying controls of General Sikorski's plane? And which secret frogman was first on the scene when the plane crashed into the sea? Why did Hitler murder his right-hand man and why did the bomb plot to kill Hitler fail? How did the Allies execute a daring plot to kill Hitler's chosen successor and who set fire to the 'Normandie' before she could set sail from New York with 6,000 American troops on board? Who really was 'The Man Who Never Was'? This and many other fascinating questions are answered in this new pivotal series entitled DEADMEN'S SECRETS. With newly discovered archive film and new state of the art 3D computer graphics the series sets out to answer some of the most baffling questions and war mysteries of the 20th Century. What was the truth about Rudolf Hess and whatever happened to Raoul Wallenberg? What did the Oslo Report reveal and who wrote it? And how close was Hitler to developing the atomic bomb at the end of World War II? Some of the answers are both frightening and unexpected. With the release of new Government information on both sides of the Atlantic it is now possible to painstakingly reconstruct some of the most famous mysteries of recent military history. DEADMEN'S SECRETS is the first serious attempt this Century to lay some of the last Century's most puzzling ghosts to rest.
Part 6 Revenge! the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich was the perfect Nazi tall, blond, athletic - and evil. Next to Hitler himself, Reinhard Heydrich was the most dangerous man in Nazi Germany. Hitler called him the “man with the iron heart”. As head of the Security Police, even loyal Nazis feared him. From his appointment as Reichsprotektor in Czechoslovakia and his determination to clear the country of Jews, he earned the nickname 'Hangman of Prague'. So the British government and the Czech leader in exile came up with a plan to assassinate him. One morning in 1942, as Heydrich was driven through the streets of Prague, he was gunned down. The Czech people struck a blow for liberation, but in the reprisals that follow, many innocent people would pay with their lives. Using archive footage and detailed maps, we reveal how the assassins trained and plotted to kill Gestapo chief. The plot to assassinate him was the only successful assassination of a leading Nazi during World War II, and the story behind it is retold here using a combination of dramatic reconstructions and historical footage.
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